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adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Commandant Coast Guard 

Instruction M16475.1D, which guides 

the Coast Guard in complying with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), 

and have made a preliminary 

determination that there are no factors 

in this case that would limit the use of 

a categorical exclusion under 2.B.2 of 

the Instruction. Therefore, we believe 

that this rule should be categorically 

excluded, under figure 2–1, paragraph 

(34)(g), of the Instruction, from further 

environmental documentation. This rule 

fits the category selected from paragraph 

(34)(g), as it would establish a safety 

zone. A preliminary ‘‘Environmental 

Analysis Check List’’ is available in the 

docket where indicated under 

ADDRESSES. Comments on this section 

will be considered before we make the 

final decision on whether this rule 

should be categorically excluded from 

further environmental review. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226, 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701; 50 U.S.C. 191, 195; 33 CFR 

1.05–1(g), 6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; Pub. L. 

107–295, 116 Stat. 2064; Department of 

Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

2. Add temporary § 165.T01–001 to 

read as follows: 

§ 165.T01–001 Safety Zone; Town of 

Marblehead Fourth of July Fireworks 

Display, Marblehead, Massachusetts. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All waters of Marblehead 

Harbor within a 500-yard radius of the 

fireworks barge located at approximate 

position 42°30′567′′ N, 070°50′162′′ W. 

(b) Effective date. This section is 

effective from 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. 

EDT on July 4, 2007, with a Rain date 

of 8:30 p.m. until 10 p.m. EDT on July 

5, 2007. 

(c) Definitions. As used in this 

section. 

(1) Designated representative means a 

Coast Guard Patrol Commander, 

including a Coast Guard coxswain, petty 

officer, or other officer operating a Coast 

Guard vessel and a Federal, State, and 

local officer designated by or assisting 

the Captain of the Port (COTP). 

(2) [Reserved] 

(d) Regulations. (1) In accordance 

with the general regulations in section 

165.23 of this part, entry into or 

movement within this zone is 

prohibited unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port Boston or the 

designated representative. 

(2) All vessel operators shall comply 

with the instructions of the COTP or the 

designated representative. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

James L. McDonald, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Boston, Massachusetts. 

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Coast Guard 

33 CFR Part 165 

[CGD1–07–002] 

RIN 1625–AA00 

Safety Zone: Town of Weymouth 

Fourth of July Celebration Fireworks, 

Weymouth, MA 

AGENCY: Coast Guard, DHS. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking. 

SUMMARY: The Coast Guard proposes 

establishing a temporary safety zone for 

the Town of Weymouth’s Fourth of July 

Celebration Fireworks in Weymouth, 

Massachusetts currently scheduled to 

occur on June 30, 2007 with a rain date 

of July 1, 2007 temporarily closing all 

navigable waters of the Weymouth Fore 

River within a five hundred (500) yard 

radius of the fireworks launch barge 

located at approximate position 42°15.2 

N, 070°56.7 W. The safety zone is 

needed to protect the maritime public 

from the potential hazards posed by a 

fireworks display. The safety zone will 

prohibit entry into or movement within 

this portion of the Weymouth Fore River 

during its effective period. 

DATES: Comments and related material 

must reach the Coast Guard on or before 

May 16, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may mail comments 

and related material to Sector Boston, 

427 Commercial Street, Boston, MA. 

Sector Boston maintains the public 

docket for this rulemaking. Comments 

and material received from the public, 

as well as documents indicated in this 

preamble as being available in the 

docket, will become part of this docket 

and will be available for inspection or 

copying at Sector Boston, 427 

Commercial Street, Boston, MA between 

the hours of 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, except Federal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Petty Officer Joseph Yonker, Sector 

Boston, Waterways Management 

Division, at (617) 223–5007. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Request for Comments 

We encourage you to participate in 

this rulemaking by submitting 

comments and related material. If you 

do so, please include your name and 

address, identify the docket number for 

this rulemaking (CGD01–07–002), 

indicate the specific section of this 

document to which each comment 

applies, and give the reason for each 

comment. Please submit all comments 

and related materials in an unbound 

format, no larger than 81⁄2 by 11 inches, 

suitable for copying. If you would like 

to know that your submission reached 

us, please enclose a stamped, selfaddressed postcard or envelope. We 

may change this proposed rule in view 

of them. 

Public Meeting 

We do not now plan to hold a public 

meeting. You may, however submit a 

request for a meeting by writing to 

Sector Boston at the address under 

ADDRESSES explaining why one would 

be beneficial. If we determine that one 

would aid this rulemaking, we will hold 

one at a time and place announced by 

a later notice in the Federal Register. 

Background and Purpose 

This proposed rule establishes a 

safety zone on the navigable waters of 

the Weymouth Fore River within a five 

hundred (500) yard radius of the 

fireworks launch barge located at 

approximate position 42°15.2 N, 

070°56.7 W. The safety zone would be 

in effect from 8:30 p.m. EDT until 11:15 

p.m. EDT on June 30, 2007, with a rain 

date of July 1, 2007. 

This safety zone would temporarily 

prohibit entry into or movement within 

the effected portion of the Weymouth 

Fore River and is needed to protect the 

maritime public from the potential 

dangers posed by a fireworks display. 

Discussion of Proposed Rule 

The Coast Guard proposes 

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a portion of the Weymouth Fore River. 

The safety zone would be in effect from 

8:30 p.m. EDT until 11:15 p.m. EDT on 

June 30, 2007 with a rain date of July 

1, 2007. Marine traffic may transit safely 

outside of the safety zone during the 

event thereby allowing navigation of the 

Weymouth Fore River except for the 

portion delineated by this rule. This 

safety zone will control vessel traffic 

during the fireworks event to protect the 

safety of the maritime public. 

Due to the limited timeframe of the 

firework display and because the zone 

leaves the majority of the Weymouth 

Fore River open for navigation, the 

Captain of the Port anticipates minimal 

negative impact on vessel traffic due to 

this event. Public notifications will be 

made prior to the effective period via 

local notice to mariners and marine 

information broadcasts. 

Regulatory Evaluation 

This proposed rule is not a 

‘‘significant regulatory action’’ under 

section 3(f) of Executive Order 12866, 

Regulatory Planning and Review, and 

does not require an assessment of 

potential costs and benefits under 

section 6(a)(3) of that Order. The Office 

of Management and Budget has not 

reviewed it under that Order. It is not 

‘‘significant’’ under the regulatory 

policies and procedures of the 

Department of Homeland Security 

(DHS). 

We expect the economic impact of 

this proposed rule to be so minimal that 

a full Regulatory Evaluation is 

unnecessary. 

Although this rule would prevent 

vessel traffic from transiting a portion of 

the Weymouth Fore River during the 

fireworks event, the effect of this 

regulation would not be significant for 

several reasons: Vessels will be 

excluded from the proscribed area for 

only two and three quarter hours, 

vessels will be able to operate in the 

majority of the Weymouth Fore River 

during this time period; and advance 

notifications will be made to the local 

maritime community by marine 

information broadcasts and Local Notice 

to Mariners. 

Small Entities 

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act 

(5 U.S.C. 601–612), we have considered 

whether this proposed rule would have 

a significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The term ‘‘small entities’’ comprises 

small businesses, not-for-profit 

organizations that are independently 

owned and operated and are not 

dominant in their fields, and 

governmental jurisdictions with 

populations of less than 50,000. 

The Coast Guard certifies under 5 

U.S.C. 605(b) that this rule would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities. 

This proposed rule would affect the 

following entities, some of which may 

be small entities: The owners or 

operators of vessels intending to transit 

or anchor in the effected portion of the 

Weymouth Fore River from 8:30 p.m. 

EDT on June 30, 2007 until 11:15 p.m. 

EDT on June 30, 2007 with a rain date 

of July 1, 2007. 

This safety zone would not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities for 

the following reasons: Vessel traffic can 

safely pass outside of the safety zone 

during the effective period; the effective 

period is limited in duration, and 

advance notifications via safety marine 

informational broadcast and local notice 

to mariners will be made to the local 

maritime community. 

If you think that your business, 

organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction qualifies as a small entity 

and that this rule would have a 

significant economic impact on it, 

please submit a comment (see 

ADDRESSES) explaining why you think it 

qualifies and how and to what degree 

this rule would economically affect it. 

Assistance for Small Entities 

Under section 213(a) of the Small 

Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act of 1996 (Pub. L. 104–121), 

we want to assist small entities in 

understanding this proposed rule so that 

they can better evaluate its effects on 

them and participate in the rulemaking. 

If the rule would affect your small 

business, organization, or governmental 

jurisdiction and you have questions 

concerning its provisions or options for 

compliance, please contact Petty Officer 

Joseph Yonker at the address listed 

under ADDRESSES. The Coast Guard will 

not retaliate against small entities that 

question or complain about this rule or 

any policy or action of the Coast Guard. 

Collection of Information 

This proposed rule would call for no 

new collection of information under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501–3520). 

Federalism 

A rule has implications for federalism 

under Executive Order 13132, 

Federalism, if it has a substantial direct 

effect on State or local governments and 

would either preempt State law or 

impose a substantial direct cost of 

compliance on them. We have analyzed 

this proposed rule under that Order and 

have determined that it does not have 

implications for federalism. 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1531–1538) requires 

Federal agencies to assess the effects of 

their discretionary regulatory actions. In 

particular, the Act addresses actions 

that may result in the expenditure by a 

State, local or tribal government, in the 

aggregate, or by the private sector of 

$100,000,000 or more in any one year. 

Though this proposed rule would not 

result in such an expenditure, we do 

discuss the effects of this rule elsewhere 

in this preamble. 

Taking of Private Property 

This proposed rule would not affect a 

taking of private property or otherwise 

have taking implications under 

Executive Order 12630, Governmental 

Actions and Interference with 

Constitutionally Protected Property 

Rights. 

Civil Justice Reform 

This proposed rule meets applicable 

standards in sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of 

Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform, to minimize litigation, 

eliminate ambiguity, and reduce 

burden. 

Protection of Children 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Executive Order 13045, 

Protection of Children from 

Environmental Health Risks and Safety 

Risks. This rule is not an economically 

significant rule and would not create an 

environmental risk to health or risk to 

safety that may disproportionately affect 

children. 

Indian Tribal Governments 

This proposed rule does not have 

tribal implications under Executive 

Order 13175, Consultation and 

Coordination with Indian Tribal 

Governments, because it does not have 

a substantial direct effect on one or 

more Indian tribes, on the relationship 

between the Federal Government and 

Indian tribes, or on the distribution of 

power and responsibilities between the 

Federal Government and Indian tribes. 

Energy Effects 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Executive Order 13211, Actions 

Concerning Regulations That 

Significantly Affect Energy Supply, 

Distribution, or Use. We have 

determined that it is not a ‘‘significant 

energy action’’ under that order because 

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under Executive Order 12866 and is not 

likely to have a significant adverse effect 

on the supply, distribution, or use of 

energy. The Administrator of the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs 

has not designated it as a significant 

energy action. Therefore, it does not 

require a Statement of Energy Effects 

under Executive Order 13211. 

Technical Standards 

The National Technology Transfer 

and Advancement Act (NTTAA) (15 

U.S.C. 272 note) directs agencies to use 

voluntary consensus standards in their 

regulatory activities unless the agency 

provides Congress, through the Office of 

Management and Budget, with an 

explanation of why using these 

standards would be inconsistent with 

applicable law or otherwise impractical. 

Voluntary consensus standards are 

technical standards (e.g., specifications 

of materials, performance, design, or 

operation; test methods; sampling 

procedures; and related management 

systems practices) that are developed or 

adopted by voluntary consensus 

standards bodies. 

This proposed rule does not use 

technical standards. Therefore, we did 

not consider the use of voluntary 

consensus standards. 

Environment 

We have analyzed this proposed rule 

under Commandant Instruction 

M16475.1D and Department of 

Homeland Security Management 

Directive 5100.1, which guides the 

Coast Guard in complying with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370f), 

and have made a preliminary 

determination that there are no factors 

in this case that would limit the use of 

a categorical exclusion under 2.B.2 of 

the Instruction. Therefore, we believe 

that this rule is categorically excluded, 

under figure 2–1, paragraph (34)(g) of 

the Instruction, from further 

environmental documentation. This rule 

fits the category selected from paragraph 

(34) (g), as it would establish a safety 

zone. A preliminary ‘‘Environmental 

Analysis Check List’’ is available in the 

docket where indicated under 

ADDRESSES. Comments on this section 

will be considered before we make the 

final decision on whether this rule 

should be categorically excluded from 

further environmental review. 

List of Subjects in 33 CFR Part 165 

Harbors, Marine Safety, Navigation 

(water), Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Security measures, 

Waterways. 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Coast Guard proposes to 

amend 33 CFR part 165 as follows: 

PART 165—REGULATED NAVIGATION 

AREAS AND LIMITED ACCESS AREAS 

1. The authority citation for part 165 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1226, 1231; 46 U.S.C. 

Chapter 701; 50 U.S.C. 191, 33 CFR 1.05–1(g), 

6.04–1, 6.04–6, and 160.5; Pub. L. 107–295, 

116 Stat. 2064; Department of Homeland 

Security Delegation No. 0170.1. 

2. Add temporary § 165.T01–002 to 

read as follows: 

§ 165.T01–002 Safety Zone: Town of 

Weymouth Fourth of July Celebration 

Fireworks—Weymouth, Massachusetts. 

(a) Location. The following area is a 

safety zone: All navigable waters of the 

Weymouth Fore River within a 500 yard 

radius of the fireworks launch barge 

located at approximate position 42° 15.2 

N, 070° 56.7 W. 

(b) Effective Date. This section is 

effective from 8:30 p.m. EDT on June 30, 

2007 until 11:15 p.m. EDT on June 30, 

2007, with a rain date of July 1, 2007. 

(c) Definitions. (1) As used in this 

section, designated representative 

means a Coast Guard Patrol 

Commander, including a Coast Guard 

coxswain, petty officer, or other officer 

operating a Coast Guard vessel and a 

Federal, State, and local officer 

designated by or assisting the Captain of 

the Port (COTP). 

(2) [Reserved] 

(d) Regulations. (1) In accordance 

with the general regulations in section 

165.23 of this part, entry into or 

movement within this zone is 

prohibited unless authorized by the 

Captain of the Port Boston or the 

designated representative. 

(2) All vessel operators shall comply 

with the instructions of the COTP or the 

designated representative. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

J.L. McDonald, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port, Boston, Massachusetts. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 648 

[Docket No. 070321063–7063–01; I.D. 

031607E] 

RIN 0648–AV22 

Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; 

Fisheries of the Northeastern United 

States; Northeast Multispecies 

Fishery; 2007 Georges Bank Cod Fixed 

Gear Sector Operations Plan and 

Agreement and Allocation of Georges 

Bank Cod Total Allowable Catch 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Proposed rule; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: Framework Adjustment (FW) 

42 to the Northeast (NE) Multispecies 

Fishery Management Plan (FMP) created 

the Georges Bank (GB) Cod Fixed Gear 

Sector (Fixed Gear Sector) and 

authorized allocation of up to 20 

percent of the annual GB cod total 

allowable catch (TAC) to the Fixed Gear 

Sector. Pursuant to that authorization, a 

representative of the Fixed Gear Sector 

has submitted an Operations Plan, 

Sector Agreement (Contract) and 

requested an allocation of GB cod to the 

Fixed Gear Sector for fishing year 2007 

(FY 2007). A Supplemental 

Environmental Assessment (EA) has 

also been prepared. This document 

provides interested parties an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed Sector Operations Plan and 

EA prior to final approval or 

disapproval of the Sector Operations 

Plan and allocation of GB cod TAC to 

the Fixed Gear Sector for FY 2007. 

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before May 1, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments by any of the following 

methods: 

• Mail: Paper, disk, or CD-ROM 

comments should be sent to Patricia A. 

Kurkul, Regional Administrator, NMFS, 

Northeast Regional Office, 1 Blackburn 

Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930. Mark the 

outside of the envelope ‘‘Comments on 

GB Cod Fixed Gear Sector 2007 

Operations Plan.’’

• Fax: (978) 281–9135. 

• E-mail: 

2007FixedGearSector@NOAA.gov. 

• Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Copies of the Sector Agreement and 

the EA are available from the NE 


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